DALLAS - When Tulane senior defensive tackle Antonio Harris takes the field Saturday night at Gerald J. Ford Stadium against Southern Methodist, he'll be doing so for the 41st straight time with the first team defense.
Harris has started every game in his Green Wave career, a streak that's the longest by any NCAA Division I-A defensive lineman.

The key, Harris said, is to stay healthy.
"It's a blessing just to stay healthy for 40 games," Harris said. "I've never even been in the training room."
His teammates have looked on in awe as the quiet Harris has did his own Cal Ripken-like feat.
"It's great," said Tulane running back Matt Forte`, who came in with the same recruiting class as Harris. "It's good that he has been able to stay healthy for that long. My freshman year I played but I didn't start, so that's a pretty amazing thing to do to come in as a freshman and start your whole career.
"He's been great. He's a really, really quiet guy. He doesn't say much. He's kind of to himself, but he works really hard. He and I were kind of the freshmen standouts when we first came in. It's been great playing with him."